Vehicle gear selection control
AssigneeBulletproof Property Management, LLC
InventorBennet Langlotz
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Abstract
A motor vehicle for operation by a driver has a frame with wheels and a motor connected to the frame. A steering control is connected to the wheels to establish a steering angle. A controller is operably connected to the steering control, to the motor, and to the wheels, and is operable to selectably drive the wheels in a forward direction in a drive mode and in a rearward direction in a reverse mode. The controller is operable to select a direction for driving the wheels in response to a pattern of steering angle movements, without operator indication of a direction.
Claims22
A method of operating a motor vehicle having a steering control and a drive system operable to selectably drive the wheels in a drive mode and in a reverse mode, the method comprising:
- the drive system monitoring the steering control while driving in a first direction;
- the drive system offering a driver a change from one of the drive mode and reverse mode to the other of the drive mode and reverse mode based on the steering control;
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- the drive system changing from one of the drive mode and reverse mode to the other of the drive mode and reverse mode in response to an approval by the driver of the offered change.
A method of operating a motor vehicle having a steering control and a controller operable to selectably drive the wheels in a drive mode and in a reverse mode, the method comprising:
- the controller monitoring the steering control while driving in a first direction;
- the controller offering a driver a change from one of the drive mode and reverse mode to the other of the drive mode and reverse mode based on the steering control;
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- the controller changing from one of the drive mode and reverse mode to the other of the drive mode and reverse mode in response to an approval by the driver of the offered change.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.